I totally agree with you that the fantasy category is often a catch-all for any book with speculative elements that should belong in another category. And good on you for dropping books you are not getting anything out of! I've realized that the best DNFs are the ones you truly never think about again. I actually achieved my Goodreads goal this year by not having read a single book that was nominated - it tells me I'm doing a good job diversifying my author pool lol. There are so many other great awards out there that would make for much better reading material.

@stephaniebookish

7 ай бұрын

That’s amazing! I’ve been thinking about how moving forward I need to start focusing more on my backlist! A lot of what I loved this year was from my backlist!

Really enjoyed this and I like your reviewing style a lot, ended up adding a couple to my list!

@stephaniebookish

7 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!! 🥹💖

i'm proud of you for reading all these books!! also ur so pretty

@stephaniebookish

7 ай бұрын

🥹🥹🥹 NO YOU

I'm really very excited to watch the video, and I'm deeply sorry for the pain and suffering through these mediocre books 😔 ❤🏆

@stephaniebookish

7 ай бұрын

Hahaha thank you so much for watching 🤭💖

@fttoma

7 ай бұрын

@@stephaniebookish 💕💕

wow we also felt the same about Tress. this is boosting my confidence about our reading taste similarities so much👀

I am so impressed that you read that many books in such a short period of time! I agree with you about Starling House. It took me entirely too long to read such a short book.

@stephaniebookish

7 ай бұрын

Right? It was a very “trudging through water” book with not much pay off, sadly

This was so fun! I’m currently reading the top ten horror and oof they’re so mediocre 😅 but it’s still fun, like you said! I was curious what the best horror was and it’s been an interesting experiment

@stephaniebookish

7 ай бұрын

It’s always interesting to me too, especially ones that weren’t on my radar or I was feeling mixed about reading!

i felt the SAME way about Bookshops & Bonedust!

Growing up, I was also not really a Shadowhunters fan, but was looking forward to reading Sword Catcher because the premise sounded really interesting(and because there was a lot of hype around the release). Unfortunately, I DNF'd right around 40% because, like you said in your update, it was pretty repetitive and boring. I was definitely sad because I wanted to love the book and I honestly don't foresee myself returning to this book or completing the series. On a more positive note, I'm looking forward to reading Amina! I just finished Kingdom of Copper and am about to move on to Empire of Gold(which I'm not emotionally prepared for, lol), and will read Amina once I'm done with Daevabad.

@stephaniebookish

7 ай бұрын

Ugh I totally get that, I was really hoping this would be my in with Cassandra Clare, but sadly it wasn’t. Maybe the positive is at least we know for sure we aren’t missing out?! I really hope you love Amina! It was a very fun time!

a stream of 3 stars i hate that for you 😭youre so strong I dont typically vote or look at the gr awards but these vids are sooo fun to watch!

@stephaniebookish

7 ай бұрын

I’m sorry for me too haha I love the content that comes from this atrocious awards as well!!

Your wintery logo!!! I'm obsessed

@LetMeintheLibrary

7 ай бұрын

I am so out of the loop on books now 😭 i miss the days when i could actually predict goodreads choice awards books

@LetMeintheLibrary

7 ай бұрын

YES AMINA!! 😍😍

@LetMeintheLibrary

7 ай бұрын

You killed it with these predictions

@LetMeintheLibrary

7 ай бұрын

Hi Jared!!!!!

@LetMeintheLibrary

7 ай бұрын

Man you really have me adding so much to my tbr

perfect start to my day

@stephaniebookish

7 ай бұрын

🥹🥹💖 thank you bestie

OMGGGG best weekend treat

@stephaniebookish

7 ай бұрын

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last comment i swear but LOL i literally made that same "surprise surprise" reference in my recent vlog but edited it out because i definitely did NOT hit the notes as well as you did 😂

i´m glad you did enjoy Tress in the end a bit!!! i get that it´s not for everyone!!! did you get a hoya / wax plant?

@stephaniebookish

7 ай бұрын

Yeah we’ve had it for about a year!

@angelaciani2110

7 ай бұрын

@@stephaniebookish they are my fav and cat friendly!!! i hope it's going to bloom for you

I agree about haunted house books! I haven’t found any that really work for me 😭 I’ll just stick to the haunting of hill house tv show

@stephaniebookish

7 ай бұрын

So true! It seems like tv is the only time I find myself enjoying it!

try The Haunting of Ashburn House!!

Yesssssss

@stephaniebookish

7 ай бұрын

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@BookedandBusy

7 ай бұрын

You deserve it the vlog was great 🏆 🏆🏆

@stephaniebookish

7 ай бұрын

@@BookedandBusy thank you love🥹

Angela and I have been talking about why Jasad Heir is there...the consensus is because it's kind of new adulty written by a female author and....sexism is real. But I agree Jasad Heir is NOT romantasy...I also think the marketing did that book dirty promising Egyptian mythology and it's more light Egyptian flavor at BEST. I still need to get to Amina. And Hoid is in every Cosmere book so he first was there in Elantris, so it is now one of those things where you look for him popping up in every book but he does play a larger role in Stormlight. Your complaints about June Farrow sound so much like my experience with Spells for Forgetting. She tries to have so many different genres in there but doesn't focus on any of them enough so it's just a very mid reading experience.

I read the Fragile Threads of Power without reading the first trilogy (I didn't have time to read them when I was trying to read all 20 nominations) and I can confirm that I had absolutely no idea what was going on.

@stephaniebookish

7 ай бұрын

Oh nooo, I’m so sorry! Hope you had better luck with the other nominees!

@PrimmsBookCave

7 ай бұрын

@@stephaniebookish some wins and some losses as expected but I enjoyed the project of it.

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The Whistling by Rebecca Netley is an interesting gothic/ghost/haunted house/historical/mystery(ish) book

@stephaniebookish

7 ай бұрын

Immediately adding to the TBR! Thank you!

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I think part of why I like Hell Bent is because its not serious 😅😂

@stephaniebookish

7 ай бұрын

I love that!! Haha I wish I did too🥲

@LiteratureScienceAlliance

7 ай бұрын

@@stephaniebookish for me its like reading a Buffy season per book 😂 I am all about contemporary supernatural camp

27:28 sword catcher sounds like it ripped off so much of a darker shade of magic 💀💀💀

@stephaniebookish

7 ай бұрын

OKAY! I couldn’t put my finger on it but you’re not wrong, it’s very very similar!

@reading_faerie

7 ай бұрын

@@stephaniebookish 😂😭🫡 here to help haha

big thank you for reading those. I will... not.. 🤣

@stephaniebookish

7 ай бұрын

Anytimeeeee hhaha

Amina should have won tbh!

@stephaniebookish

7 ай бұрын

Agreed! I was so surprised at how few votes it got

Hello there hey

girl do you like anything lol

@stephaniebookish

7 ай бұрын

I mean 3 star isn’t really disliking things, but this wasn’t the best reading time for meeee sooo

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